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I'm at the point where, at least on the Desktop, I'd rather support a Chromium webview powered "native" app than bother supporting web browsers directly. Why s

I'm at the point where, at least on the Desktop, I'd rather support a Chromium webview powered "native" app than bother supporting web browsers directly. Why should I be excited about Filesystem API and the like when we can already do that on the operating system directly? It's really easy to understand the rise of Electron in this context. I don't think Electron is the final form, however. There's nothing wrong with web technology - my favorite browser is Firefox. I love the web but, from an effort perspective, the justification for supporting all these browsers, ESPECIALLY when some of them half ass it, is just not there. It ranges from frustrating to a complete waste of time.

hortense 5y ago
> Why should I be excited about Filesystem API and the like when we can already do that on the operating system directly? Because it's easier to update to a website than it is to release a ton of binaries ({windows, Linux, macos}x{x86,x64,arm64}) and have users download them. Not to mention it's safer and faster for the user.
- kasabali 5y ago
  > safer and faster Safer, maybe. Faster? LMAO.
  - hortense 5y ago
    If you take into account the download/extraction/installation time of the user, many times yes.
InfiniteRand 5y ago
The funny thing is Firefox used to be beautiful for embedding, but then they decided the future of embedding was Servo, and unfortunately they ran out of money to build that future